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7. The Sustainable Development Goals: A view from Compassion
27:23||Season 1, Ep. 7Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming Food Business explores the impact industrial animal agriculture has on the Sustainable Development Goals with Peter Stevenson, OBE, the charity’s Chief Policy Advisor. When they were adopted back in 2015, the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals marked a crucial milestone in global efforts towards achieving sustainable development and a roadmap or focus for businesses, governments and civil society. But with just five years left, the world is still well off track. Peter explains why progress towards achieving the 2030 UN SDGs is so slow, and what can be done to accelerate progress.To find out more, read our new book Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets for Human, Animal and Planetary Health and in particular Chapter 3, Accelerating the SDGs by Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the FAO Office of Sustainable Development Goals, and Director of UN Food Systems Coordination Hub at FAO along with Rathana Peou Norbert-Munns. To learn more about the role of business in a food system fit for the future refer to Chapter 27. Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health is published by Routledge. It is available to buy in hardback and paperback. Given the importance of the content, the editors and publishers have agreed to offer an Open Access eBook which you can download on this pageClick here for Peter Stevenson’s report. The Economics of the Food System Transformation report mentioned by Peter can be found here
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6. Food Systems Futures and How to Achieve Them
35:27||Season 1, Ep. 6Laura Strangeway, Head of Food Systems Transition at Compassion in World Farming chats to Professor Tim Benton, Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House, about the challenges of the current food system, potential pathways for change, and the actions food companies can take to drive the transition. Professor Benton’s chapter, Food Systems Futures and How to Achieve Them, is featured in Compassion’s book, Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health published by Routledge. The book is available in both hardback and paperback, but recognising the importance of its content, the editors and publishers are offering an Open Access eBook which you can download on this page.5. Ruminations: The End of the Cage Age
06:12||Season 1, Ep. 5Compassion's Head of Research - Food Business, Amelie Legrand, talks us through a new report Food businesses paving the way for a cage-free Europe that highlights how some European food companies are driving the shift towards cage-free production. With millions of animals still confined in cages across Europe - and with many scientists and consumers calling for change - the report highlights the urgent need for the European Commission to fulfil its promise to introduce legislative proposals to end caged farming.4. Ruminations: The Spotlight Report
08:24||Season 1, Ep. 4In the first Ruminations, the bite-sized series of thoughts from Compassion in World Farming that champions farm animal welfare in a future fit food system, Dan McAlpine, senior food business manager at the charity tells us about its Spotlight Report that compares UK retailer policies on broiler chicken welfare.Click here for more information on The Spotlight Report, and here for the table of current retailer compliance.3. The Food Business Awards 2024
24:48||Season 1, Ep. 3In this second episode of the Compassion in World Farming podcast, we head to Paris for our Food Business Awards to hear from some of the world leading food companies paving the way for a future fit food system. Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health is published by Routledge. It is available to buy in hardback and paperback. Given the importance of the content, the editors and publishers have agreed to offer an Open Access eBook which you can download on this pageClick here for more information on Compassion in World Farming.1. Compassion in World Farming: The Trailer
05:18||Season 1, Ep. 12. A Future Fit Food System
37:21||Season 1, Ep. 2In this first episode of our new podcast, Philip Lymbery, Global CEO at Compassion in World Farming International introduces us to some of the world’s experts on the impact our global food system has on people, planet and animals who have contributed to our latest book Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets published last month. This hard-hitting book is believed to be a ‘first’ in bringing together leading world authors to explore the role regenerative farming and diets could have in transforming our food systemsIn this first episode, we hear from Dr Vandana Shiva physicist and environmental campaigner, Olivier de Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Carl Safina, ecologist and founder of the not-for-profit Safina Centre and Stefanos Fotiou, Director of FAO Office of Sustainable Development Goals.Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets: Human, Animal and Planetary Health is published by Routledge. It is available to buy in hardback and paperback. Given the importance of the content, the editors and publishers have agreed to offer an Open Access eBook which you can download on this pageClick here for more information on Compassion in World Farming.